A GOP county elections board member said he was warned against voting for a campus polling site

Legislature Archives • NC Newsline · Jun 3, 2026

A Republican member of the Jackson County Board of Elections said he was pressured to vote to keep an early voting site off Western Carolina University’s campus this fall. That member, Jay Pavey, voted for a plan that included a WCU early voting polling place, despite what he said were threats from his party to […]